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A blurry image of a line of people wading through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Beaumont Place, Houston, Texas, 2017

1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
Jane Martin with the nebulizer and medications she uses at her home in Gloster, Mississippi, on September 20, 2025.

A Small Town in Mississippi Battles the International Biomass Industry

DispatchMississippi, United KingdomClara Chaisson
When the Drax wood pellet plant came to Gloster, reports of lung disease soon followed.
A woman prepares homemade spaghetti in a kitchen using bamboo tongs.

Is Bamboo Always Sustainable?

ExplainerUnited StatesShelia Hu
This versatile plant is popping up in more and more consumer products, but when it comes to eco-friendly shopping, the details matter.

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Unbearable Decisions

ExplainerUnited StatesAlisa Opar
To kill or not to kill: How wildlife officials decide what to do with “problem bears.”

No Photos, Please

DispatchWyomingAlisa Opar

New Wyoming laws stifle freedom of speech and make citizen science illegal.

The Bee-Free Diet

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Would you die without bees to pollinate your food?

Biting Back

Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Backyard breeders are creating a new kind of hero honeybee—one that chomps off the legs of mites and saves the hive.

The Smell Test

Latest NewsInternationalAlisa Opar
The reasons a man has for holding poop and feathers under the beaks of sleeping penguins.

Catch of the Day

Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel
Scientists find super rare river sharks hiding in plain sight at a Papua New Guinea fish market.

Climate Change Is so Clingy

Latest NewsUnited StatesPerrin Ireland
Hey, Tarzan, your vines are messing with our carbon storage.

Steaking Their Claim

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
Did Big Ag’s beef-loving cowboys just lasso the 2015 Dietary Guidelines? It sure does look that way.

No Debate

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
The brief and embarrassing history of climate change in presidential debates.

The Soil Savior

DispatchTexasJeff Turrentine
A Texas farmer is bucking tradition by putting soil health above all else. The result? Water-retaining, nutrient-rich pay dirt.

The Blue (Plastic) Planet

ExplainerInternationalBrian Palmer

You've probably heard that there's a lot of plastic swimming around in our oceans. But do you know how much? (Spoiler alert: It's way more than you think.)

Fecal Attraction

Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Poop has a lot to tell us about the mating game—and this zoo scientist is getting the scoop on how to save endangered species in the wild.

Climate Change, Ahoy!

Latest NewsAfricaBrian Palmer
A new study says the Horn of Africa is going to get hotter and drier, driving poverty and piracy.

Unleaded, Please

Latest NewsFlintSusan Cosier
Toxic tap water is just not acceptable in 2015 (in Flint, Michigan, or anywhere else).

Heat Exchange

Latest NewsIndiaBrian Palmer
An Indian public-health official thinks the United States could learn a thing or two from her country about dealing with climate change (and vice versa).

Locking Horns

DispatchAfricaAustin Merrill
As poaching pushes the rhino toward extinction, South Africa considers a radical solution: Legalize the very thing that is killing them. It'd make some people very rich. But would it doom the species?